my stomach doesn't have teeth

[Guest guest]

Is it important that smoothies be made with cooked fruits and veggies or can you

put them in raw since they are being mixed? Thanks

Kylie 18 years old

Crohn's & SCD since 2006

Restarted SCD March 2010

>

> > So, I just want to comment on mastication, for whatever interest it

> > might have.

>

>

> Definitely chewing is super important! Which is why I take pride in

> being possibly the slowest eater on the planet =) Also probably why

> smoothies and pureed foods are so much easier to digest; they're pre-

> chewed!

>

> Cheers!

> Alyssa 16 yo

> UC April 2008, dx Sept 2008

> SCD June 2009 (restarted)

> Prednisone 10 mg 1x per day (trying to wean!!!!)

>

[Guest guest]

LOL, it's true,

I have had a bad habit of eating too fast. Now I masticate...uh chew my food

better.

PJ

>

> Hi, Everybodty

>

> Well, you can probably figure out, from the subject lime, what

> I'm going to write about.It's a kinduv humorous but very serious

> truth that it took me many years and a lot of discomfort to finally realize.

> It's also something I've seen no mention of, either here in the group. or in

> reference to Elaine's writing -- although maybe I've missed mention of it in

> both places.

>

> What I'm talking about is mastication. While the origins of GI

> issues are structural and/or biochemical, my own experience has taught me that

> chewing my food until it is " creamy, " as I was told as a kid, is absolutely

> necessary. Whatever digestiveissues we are dealing with, I believe, can only

be

> aggravated by swalling food that is still 'solid' in some form. I learned

this

> years ago, after having been diagnosed with incipient gall stones. Of course,

> this problem was not caused by insufficiently masticated food but not chewing

my

> food well certainly put extra stress on my already abused stomach and GI

tract.

> So, I just want to comment on mastication, for whatever interest it might

have.

>

> Bob in Tucson

>

[Guest guest]

You are so right Bob, digestion begins in the mouth.

"Juice your food - chew your juice"

Optimum Health Inst.